Efter mange år bag tremmer skal Max Dembo prøve at være en straight samfundsborger. Han håber på et nyt liv, et job, et hjem, måske endda en kæreste. I stedet styrer han direkte mod katastrofen.
Efter at have tilbragt 20 år i fængsel slipper den tidligere storsvindler Foley (Samuel L. Jackson) endelig ud og er fast besluttet på ikke at genoptage sin gamle tilværelse. Han møder unge Iris (Ruth Negga), og perspektiverne ser lovende ud, men fortiden er en stædig ledsager.
Efter 12 år bag tremmer for pædofili vender Walter tilbage til byen og forsøger at skabe sig et nyt liv. Han får både job, et sted at bo og en kæreste, men fortidens synder martrer Walter, og mistroiskheden florerer blandt hans nye kolleger og den lokale ordensmagt. Kevin Bacon kaster sig ud i endnu en anderledes rolle, og i et "60 Minutes" interview lagde han ikke skjul på, at han er fuldstændig ligeglad med, hvad folk synes om, at han portrætterer en pædofil. Dette var en rolle, han måtte spille, lige meget hvad.
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